New Jersey § 53:1-20
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 53:1-20, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 53:1-20.
a. It shall be the duty of the division to store, analyze, classify and file in the
State database and with the FBI for inclusion in CODIS the DNA record of identification
characteristic profiles of DNA samples submitted pursuant to section 4 of this act 1 and to make such information available from the State database as provided in this
section. The division may contract out DNA typing analysis to a qualified DNA laboratory
that meets established guidelines. The results of the DNA profile of individuals in the State database shall be made
available to local, State or federal law enforcement agencies, and approved crime
laboratories which serve these agencies, upon written or electronic request and in
furtherance of an official investigation of a criminal offense. These records shall also be available upon receipt of a valid court order issued
by a judge of the Superior Court directing the division to release these results to
appropriate parties not listed above. The division shall maintain a file of such court orders. b. The division shall adopt rules governing the methods of obtaining information from
the State database and CODIS and procedures for verification of the identity and authority
of the requester. c. The division shall create a separate population database comprised of records obtained
pursuant to this act after all personal identification is removed. Nothing shall prohibit the division from sharing or disseminating population databases
with other law enforcement agencies, and crime laboratories that serve these agencies,
upon written or electronic request and in furtherance of an official investigation
of a criminal offense, or other third parties deemed necessary to assist with statistical
analysis of the population databases. The population database may be made available to and searched by other agencies
participating in the CODIS system. 1
N.J.S.A. § 53:1-20.20.
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